It should be possible for citizens with radically different political views to have constructive discussions about the merits of the Expropriation Act. But this becomes difficult when criticisms are not fact based, or are just plain false.
When I heard that President Cyril Ramaphosa had signed the new Expropriation Act, I felt just a tad annoyed. Not only would I now feel obliged to study the details of the act (a boring and rather technical piece of legislation), it was also going to make it very difficult for me to stick to my New Year’s resolution to ignore (or at least not to respond to) any hysterical, uninformed, or legally questionable takes on constitutional law issues. (more…)
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21 January 2025
Why (almost) everything I learnt on social media about the Buffelsfontein tragedy turned out to be wrong
The SAPS’ operation Vala Umgodi which led to more than a 100 miners starving to death in shaft 10 and […]
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9 October 2024
Court cases against UCT and Maties are emblematic of the ‘Mpofu-fication’ of SA universities
Even when the legal arguments in such lawfare cases are weak or absurd, the litigation itself can be of value […]
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6 September 2024
Constitutional Court woes must be top of Chief Justice Mandisa Maya’s agenda
It is impossible to ignore recent examples of truly woeful judgments emanating from the Constitutional Court. Two recent judgments dealing […]
Quote of the week
When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am your God – Leviticus 19:33-34.
Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit – Ephesians 2:19-22.
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